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NEW PARTY CHIEF OF HUBEI

Ying Yong, mayor of Shanghai since 2017, was appointed secretary of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), replacing Jiang Chaoliang, and also chief commander of the prevention and control of the novel coronavirus in the province, according to a decision released by the CPC Central Committee on February 13.

Born in 1957 in Zhejiang Province, east China, Ying began his career in 1976, focusing largely on public security and political and legal affairs.

Since the outbreak, the Central Government has sent an inspection group to guide the epidemic control work in Hubei, and a number of local officials have been questioned and punished for failing to fulfill their duties.

In his effort to

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